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Team Nigeria began training at the tennis court of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, on Wednesday ahead of their Davis Cup World Group II tie against Uzbekistan, scheduled for February 7–8 in Lagos, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Davis Cup, the world’s leading international men’s team tennis competition organised by the International Tennis Federation, is structured across multiple tiers. Nigeria are among the 26 teams vying for 13 places in the World Group II play-offs. The 13 winning teams from the play-offs will qualify for World Group II, while the 13 losing teams will drop to Group III of their…

The organisers of the 98th Academy Awards on Thursday announced the first set of nominations for the 2026 Oscars, with actors Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks unveiling the list. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners are among the early front-runners for major awards. The ceremony will hold on March 15, 2026, with Conan O’Brien returning as host. Below is the full list of categories and nominees: Best Picture BugoniaF1: The MovieFrankensteinHamnetMarty SupremeOne Battle After AnotherThe Secret AgentSentimental ValueSinnersTrain Dreams Best Actor Timothée Chalamet, Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke, Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan,…

First and foremost, as the name implies, the Talking Flower will just randomly speak a couple of times every hour when left alone with phrases like “sometimes it’s nice to space out,” and “is it weird for flowers to talk?” A single button on the toy can be pressed to trigger random thoughts on demand, or you can press and hold the button to silence the Talking Flower for a while. There’s music, too, and at launch it will support 11 different languages including English, Italian, and Japanese.You can also set the Talking Flower to speak at specific times of…

The world breathed a small, collective sigh of relief on Wednesday when US President Donald Trump said he would not use force to take over Greenland during a rambling, hour-long speech to a crowd of world leaders in Davos.Trump argued why the US should rightly own Greenland, ostensibly as a bulwark against Russian or Chinese influence in the region. However, he walked back some worrying rhetoric about military action, stating that he would not use force to take over Greenland, which itself is an autonomous region of Denmark. He scrapped plans to use tariffs to pressure allies to go along…

Kayla Oaddams/Getty Images Martin Short is sharing details on how he nearly ruined Selena Gomez’s wedding to Benny Blanco. During an appearance on the Wednesday, January 21, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Only Murders in the Building star, 75, recalled what it was like attending his costar’s nuptials to the music producer in Santa Barbara, California, in September 2025. “The wedding was perfect. It was beautiful,” Short said, before revealing how he committed the ultimate wedding faux pas. Short continued, “Everything was perfect, except, the night of the reception … it was a big, big party, imagine a stage,…

The feud between singer Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, and Seun Kuti has continued to dominate social media in Nigeria, drawing reactions from celebrities and netizens. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the public spat started after members of Wizkid FC described Wizkid as a “modern-day Fela”, while Seun dismissed the notion, saying Fela was greater. Shehu Sani Former senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central from 2015 to 2019, reacted to the feud in an X post, rejecting comparisons between Wizkid and Fela Kuti. He said Fela’s legacy cannot be measured only by music or popularity. Shehu Sani According to…

As the curtain fell on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Goldberg Lager Beer closed its tournament journey not with regret, but with pride, gratitude and renewed belief in the future of Nigerian football. The Super Eagles secured the bronze medal after defeating Egypt on penalties in the third-place match, marking the country’s ninth third-place finish at the AFCON finals. The result further underlined Nigeria’s long-standing presence at the continental showpiece, with the Super Eagles maintaining the highest number of podium finishes in the competition’s history. Although a fourth AFCON title remained out of reach, the official beer for the…

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, has insisted on going ahead to hear an alleged forgery case against a human rights lawyer, Barrister Victor Giwa, despite petitions pending before the National Judicial Council, NJC and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. In the petitions, Giwa said he can’t get justice before the court presided by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie and sought the transfer of the case to another judge. However, in a ruling on Wednesday, the judge dismissed motions in which Giwa asked that he recuse himself from the suit, and instead, ruled that the court would…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Nasarawa State, Muhammad Bose, has criticised the suspension of the party’s state chairman, Godwin Alaku Williams, describing the action as unjust, ill-timed, and damaging to the party’s unity. Bose, who is a leading ADC figure from Doma South, faulted the party leadership for what he called a “wrong decision,” questioning the rationale behind suspending the chairman just as preparations for the party congress were underway. “Our leaders have made a mistake,” he said. “With the congress approaching, why not allow him to participate and, if necessary, be replaced through a proper…

Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed two people in a deadly attack on Iwanev community at Ugbema Junction in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. Sources said a group of unidentified gunmen invaded the community under the cover of darkness, killing two residents on the spot and abducting three others to an unknown destination. The attack has thrown the community into fear and panic, with residents expressing concern over the worsening security situation and the possibility of further assaults. Residents have appealed to the Benue State Government, led by Governor Hyacinth Alia, as well as the chairman of Buruku Local…